Astra Vaccine Unmasks EU Split Between West and Desperate East Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Andrea Dudik, Slav Okov and Jasmina Kuzmanovic
(Bloomberg) When European drug regulators acknowledged a link between AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine and a rare type of blood clots, it spread another dose of skepticism across the continent. But in the poorer east, the doubts are more over the findings than the shot.
Most western members of the European Union announced some restrictions of the vaccine’s use for younger age groups or halted it completely. The opposite happened across the east, with nine of 11 nations in the region deciding to keep administrating the shot to all adults.
Unnecessary panic: Astra vaccine unmasks the great East-West divide
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10 Apr 2021 / 09:00 H. Bulgaria to hold general election on April 4 Ruling GERB appears favourite to win most votes No clear majority coalition in a fragmented parliament (Adds Trend Research group opinion poll)
SOFIA, April 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria s ruling centre-right GERB party has extended its lead over the opposition Socialists ahead of Sunday s parliamentary election but is set to fall short of a majority as smaller parties win seats, two polls published on Thursday showed.
With coronavirus infections surging in the Balkan country, the expected turnout could vary widely making the outcome harder to predict, opinion polls carried by independent pollsters Alpha Research and Trend Research Group showed.
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Lala Staribratova, 95, a World War II veteran receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Military Medical Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/
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SOFIA - Bulgaria will reopen schools, restaurants and cinemas from Monday after the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic showed some signs of easing, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said on Thursday.
Shopping malls will open later next week and bars and nightclubs, closed since November, will be able to welcome partygoers at 50% of their capacity from April 29.
The Balkan country of 7 million people registered 3,556 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, slightly below an average of about 4,000 infections in the previous three weeks.